needy

Being in need; impoverished;

Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree.

Needful; requisite; necessary.

Necessitous; indigent; very poor.

Synonyms Needy, Necessitous. Needy seems to apply primarily to the person, but also to the condition; necessitous to the condition and rarely to the person. Needy implies a more permanent state than necessitous; a necessitous condition is more painful and urgent than a needy condition.

Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor; indigent; necessitous.

Necessary; requisite.

In need, poor.

Desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence

needy people collectively